Expand Your Xbox LIVE Network of Pals by browsing the Friends lists of other Xbox LIVE members
New Experience to be made available on December 4th with the Xbox 360 Fall Dashboard Update
Microsoft is making it even easier to expand your Friends network on Xbox LIVE, starting with the Fall Dashboard Update on December 4th. Members will now be able to check out the friends lists of fellow Xbox LIVE members right from the Dashboard. With this new feature, members can find old friends or connect with new ones within the community of more than 8 million people on Xbox LIVE around the globe and send messages and game invites, as well as compare games and Achievements.
With the prevalence of social media websites such as MySpace and FaceBook, this type of capability has largely come to be expected from consumers as a means to relate in an online community. Xbox LIVE continually seeks new ways to better serve the expectations of its members, which often result in enhancements made available for free through the bi-annual Dashboard updates.
When the Fall Dashboard update is distributed on December 4th, the new default setting on Xbox LIVE will be active enabling members to see the Friends lists of other Xbox LIVE members. Members who would like to keep their friends list private can take the following steps to change their settings beginning today:
Log in to www.xbox.com/fof and select one of the three options available for your Gamertag:
Everyone (only available to members 18 and older)
Friends only (available to members 13 and older)
Blocked (available to all members, and automatic for anyone under the age of 13)
Stay tuned for more information about the Xbox 360 Dashboard Update later this month.
Archived: Dec. 4th Fall Dash Update brings more friends
Posted Under: Xbox News
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Dec. 4th Fall Dash Update brings more friends
11/26/07 1:16 pm | #1
Microsoft announced today that the Fall Dash update will take place on December 4th and expansion of the Friends list will take place. Part of the update will be the ability to see the friends of your friends. In addition, you can change your setting to keep your friends list private. Check out all the details in the release below:
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11/26/07 4:43 pm | #2
ooo cool
Re: Dec. 4th Fall Dash Update brings more friends
11/26/07 5:39 pm | #3
i hope they double the friends list size...my racing team is branching to include a seperate COD4 team under the same prefix..i am adding to many people...lol
Re: Dec. 4th Fall Dash Update brings more friends
11/26/07 7:56 pm | #4
GREAT IDEA
Re: Dec. 4th Fall Dash Update brings more friends
11/26/07 9:27 pm | #5
nice nice i like the idea
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11/26/07 9:27 pm | #6
i hate this idea because i wouldnt want my friends bugging the crap out of my other friends! Also if i did that most of my friends would copy and past my friends list! (know the guys on my friends list)
Re: Dec. 4th Fall Dash Update brings more friends
11/26/07 9:32 pm | #7
i havent even hit 100 friends yet. so hit me up =]
Re: Dec. 4th Fall Dash Update brings more friends
11/26/07 9:39 pm | #8
i have 100 and i cleaned it out like 1 month ago and it is really makeing me mad!
Re: Dec. 4th Fall Dash Update brings more friends
11/26/07 9:56 pm | #9
Not many people stay on my friends list for very long. If I havn't played or got an invite from a person in a while, they get the axe. Every sat. morning I go through the list and give good rep. where it is due. Some people have been on there a long time. I've had up to 85 people before, but right now only 25. The one thing I found weird was that not even one person have I added from playing Halo 3.
Re: Dec. 4th Fall Dash Update brings more friends
11/27/07 8:57 am | #10
I hope the fall update is something more exciting then letting your friends see your friends list... i think that whole idea is stupid... why don't they just expand the friends list to 200 people and quit worrying about letting your friends see your friends
Re: Dec. 4th Fall Dash Update brings more friends
11/27/07 9:41 am | #11
I'd like it if they came out with 'groups' of some kind. For example, there could be something like 1000 people in a group, and once you're in a group you can view that group to see who's online. Assuming server resources is thier reason for not expanding the friends' list to 200, groups wouldn't take nearly as much space. I don't know if I made any sense?
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